There is also no way of viewing the results without voting, so if Peter Kay's name was the first in the list, then maybe people voted for him just to see the results. The other obvious possibility is that a Peter Kay fan posted the poll on a fansite.

my halls flatmates had this DVD of him that they kept on playing for a bit... and all his routines were just like: "greaseproof paper? How does that work? There's still grease around," I dunno if thats really a very good example, but just missing the point of genuinely useful everyday things a lot.

ian hislop has consistently pwned his ass on HIGNFY even though he's not a stand up by trade. Also, he's one of the least funny and skilled on Just A Minute, where many competitors arent comics. Actually, he's one of the guys that has ruined that show really :-(

all to be bad comedians. I agree that it seems probably an older demographic... Merton, Gervais, Evans, Carr et al. Actually, Peter Kay has a real talent. His stand up is surprisingly different to a lot of other mainstream stuff, and phoenix nights still has to be one of the best comedies of the past 10 years.

I really like Frankie Boyle, but its quite obvious that he's not even nearly everyones cup of tea. Also, despite thinking he is the dawg when he gets it right, he still needs a lot of quality control. I cant understand why jimmy carr and michael mcintyre get the hate.

Given that it is an older demographic, where are harry enfield and paul whitehouse? their last season was awesome.